the Mayans were tough to. The conquest of Yucatán started in 1524, but
not until 1697 the last Maya city (Tayasal) fell. Even then the Mayans
regulary revolted against the Spanish and later the Mexicans. It was
not before 1910 when the last rebels were defeated.

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Does "fierce" mean just militarily sucessful or generally more brutal in behavior? The Comanche strike me as the most natural of warriors but being captured and tortured alive for fun Sioux-style could also be considered "fierce"

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I'd also say Apache or Comanche. Not only were they amazingly successful in battle and absolutely fearless (it was said that one Apache with bow and arrows was more formidable than ten men with guns), they were also quite brutal. These were the tribes most likely to savagely torture prisoners, there are some stories that would make any stomach turn

Geronimo, with 38 Apaches, fought so ferociously that the US government sent 1/5 of its army to capture them, along with aid from the Mexican army.

The Seminoles in Florida were also very fierce fighters. I believe they were the only Native American nation who technically were never defeated, though they fought three wars with the U.S. This was the only war in which the U.S. sent in its marines and navy as well as its army to fight the Seminoles.

The answer to this question is an easy one. the most fierce tribe in N.america was the not the lakota(dakota), the huron or the mighty six nations (Mohawk, seneca,onondaga,onieda,cayuga, tuscarora), but the only tribe to beat them all. Although most of the battles the anishnabe fought in were from a defensive standpoint they were able to push the six nations land out of central and southern Ontario to were they are today in upstate new york. As well as push the lakota out of the some parts of minnesota. the ojibway didnt go looking for trouble but if other tribes started to encroch on there lands they were more then able to push them all back.

the Mayans were tough to. The conquest of Yucatán started in 1524, but
not until 1697 the last Maya city (Tayasal) fell. Even then the Mayans
regulary revolted against the Spanish and later the Mexicans. It was
not before 1910 when the last rebels were defeated.

Wrong: they are still in rebellion since 1994 (in Mexico). In Guatemala
they were also in rebellion for most of the 70s and 80s. Yes, the
Mayans are tough.

I
don't think you can call the Zapatista uprising of 1994 a Maya
uprising. The uprising was not an ethnic one, but a social/political
one (though ethnicity plays a role in the socio-polical position of the
people who joined the EZLN).
The ideology of the EZLN is rooted in socialism, it has little to do with Maya tradition or so.

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Mayans were in continous rebellion till 20 century.
The so called Zapatista rebellion was not an ethnic clash. The Chiapas state has been in contionous turmoil not because ethnical issues. It is related to the poverty, the interests of the coffe plantation owners, the lumberjacks, the cattle owners and even religion.

However, I would like to point out that the topic stablished fiercest tribe, Mayans and Mexicas were far away to be considered a tribe at the top point of their splendour.

I
don't think you can call the Zapatista uprising of 1994 a Maya
uprising. The uprising was not an ethnic one, but a social/political
one (though ethnicity plays a role in the socio-polical position of the
people who joined the EZLN).
The ideology of the EZLN is rooted in socialism, it has little to do with Maya tradition or so.

EZLN, like it or not, is the armed wing of the grassroots Maya
assambleary structures. There are a couple of non-Mayans in like Sup
Marcos but they are not the commanders.

The uprising is social but it is definitively ethnic as well, maybe
more ethnic than anything else. Another thing is that they charmed the
world with their innovative assambleary discourse... but the EZLN is so
far a Maya organization concerned specially with Mayan issues.
Basically what they want is to rule themselves, though they also want
an all-Mexico change.

I’d say that the Comanches (related to the Shoshones) were one of the fiercest tribes in N.A. They drove the Apaches off the southern plains and resisted the US army until late in 19th century. A smallpox epidemic (probably infiltrated by the white man - [sarcasm emphasized] took a heavy toll on them and ten years later, a cholera outbreak (probably also caused by the white man [more sarcasm intended]wiped out about half of the population.

I'd say that the fiercest tribe wasn't any plains tribe. Their tactics were quite ineffective when fighting battle-hardened woodland indians. Compare also numbers of dead whites during white-indian wars. For example Chokanen apache band of about 200 warriors(some other apaches fought at the same time too, but most whites were killed by chokanes at this time) killed 500 hundred whites in TWO MONTHS - same number of whites died during Red Clouds war, and Red Cloud had more than 1000 warriors.

I can't really say, who were the fiercest as style of warfare was very different between various tribes.

+Apaches defeated Aztecs who retreated north after fall of Tenochtitlan

what are you talking about ?
The Mexica empire did not reached Aridoamerica because it was nothing whortly to conquer up there.
The Mexica started their pilgrimage from Mexcaltitan , Nayarit in Western Mexico all the way to the Basin of Mexico Valley. No interaction at all with the great plains tribes.

the haudenosaunee ,better know as iroquees ,were a strong and democrtic
society as long as hadn't any contact to the white men.these alliance out of six nations ,Mohawk ,Onondaga ,Oneida,Cayuga,Seneca and Tuscarora were
living St.Lorence River to the Hudson River up to the Lake Erie. they
were proud and brave ,but were totaly forced to live in reservates in
different parts of the states and canada.
a memorable incident was in the ww II the people of the iroquees nation
had declared the war to nazi-german ,but won't cooperate with the usa.

+Apaches defeated Aztecs who retreated north after fall of Tenochtitlan

what are you talking about ? The Mexica empire did not reached Aridoamerica because it was nothing whortly to conquer up there. The Mexica started their pilgrimage from Mexcaltitan , Nayarit in Western Mexico all the way to the Basin of Mexico Valley. No interaction at all with the great plains tribes.

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